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Jul 24, 2024 · The average U.S. anime fan spends over $200 annually on anime merchandise. U.S. sales of manga and anime merchandise reached $500 million in 2020. The number of anime clubs in high schools and colleges in the U.S. has doubled in the past decade.
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- Anime Boston. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. If you're an anime fan living in the northeast, you must attend Anime Boston. This convention is typically held in the spring and rakes in over 20,000 attendees.
- Sakura-Con. Location: Seattle, Washington. On the other end of the coast lies Sakura-Con, a huge pacific-northwest anime convention with a growing guest list.
- Anime Expo. Location: Los Angeles, California. Anime Expo is the United States' largest anime convention, boasting over 100,000 attendees. It usually takes place in the middle of summer, so make sure your schedule is open—you won't want to miss this convention.
- Otakon. Location: Washington, D.C. The name Otakon takes after the Japanese word, "otaku," meaning an obsessed anime fan. With that in mind, you can probably already imagine the excitement taking place at this convention.
A 2022 survey held by Morning Consult showed that 42% of anime fans in the United States are Millennials, 25% are adult Gen-Zs, 21% are Gen Xers and 12% are Baby Boomers. [ 21 ] An August 2023 survey published in 2024 by Polygon showed that 3% of Boomers, 12% of Gen Xers, 25% of Millennials and 42% of Gen Zs in the United states watch anime weekly.
- Anime Conventions in The Northeast United States
- Anime Boston
- Anime NYC
- Otakon
- Anime Conventions in The Midwestern United States
- Anime Central
- Colossalcon
- Youmacon
- Anime Conventions in The Southern United States
- A-Kon
The Northeast and East Coast of the U.S. is one of the most populated areas, yet surprisingly there are only a few big Anime conventions in the region. It could be because there are lots of smaller cons in the area, with other big comic cons like New York Comic Con filling the needs for conventions. Oh well, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any big A...
To start off this list, we have Anime Boston. I myself have actually volunteered for this convention, and I can tell you that the organizers are very good at what they do. Anime Boston is well-run and features some of the biggest vendors and guests in the Anime fandom. It’s everything you can ask for, in terms of a big Anime convention. The nice th...
Anime NYC is not only one of the largest Anime conventions in America, but it’s been one of the fastest growing cons as well. Because unlike many other conventions on this list, Anime NYC only started in 2017! That’s right; you could say that Anime NYC branched off from New York Comic Con. After all, there was no large Anime convention in New York ...
Otakon takes places in Washington DC, but is the nation’s capital located in the Northeast or in the South? I decided to put it in the Northeast. For the longest time, Otakon took place Baltimore, Maryland. But in 2017, the organizers decided to move the convention to Washington DC. They lost some attendance during the transition and because of the...
The Midwest is an interesting region! While there are many smaller Anime conventions spread out throughout the area, only the biggest ones take place in the northern areas. Which ones? Let’s find out.
Anime Central takes place in Rosemont, which is a suburb of Chicago that’s right beside the airport (similar to how Anime North in Canada is right beside the airport). Anime Central (or Acen for short) is definitely my favorite Anime convention of all time for so many reasons! To start, there’s a lot of panels and programming. The dealer’s room is ...
ColossalCon is the iconic Anime water park convention you may have heard a lot about. There are 4 different locations now, but the main one (ColossalCon Prime) takes place at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. ColossalCon is popular for so many reasons. Being able to cosplay at a waterpark provides a unique experience. And there are many activi...
I feel like Youmacon is underrated, because unless you live in the Midwest, you probably have never heard of this Anime convention. But in fact, it’s one of the largest Anime conventions in the Midwest! Youmacon is one of the biggest conventions in America, and probably for good reason. The 3-day convention has your typical things to do such as pan...
The Southern region of the U.S. has a ton of big Anime conventions. It encompasses an area with many big cities, so that may have to do with it. Let’s see which cons made this list:
A-Kon is the premier Anime convention in Dallas. It’s been around for a very long time, and being one of the largest Anime conventions in Texas, I’m sure it’s an annual convention that many people in the area attend every year. I personally have not been to A-Kon, but it seems like the convention does move around a lot. An interesting fact is that ...
Sep 29, 2010 · Anime exhibited characteristics that made it both Japanese and global, yet it also reproduced Western racial and gender hierarchies, allowing it to cross borders easily. The second half of the article discusses the creation of local anime fan communities throughout the United States beginning in 1977.
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Nov 16, 2018 · The first major anime convention in the United States was Project A-Kon, first held in 1990. Before this point, smaller anime meetings were held as stand-alone local events by clubs or as part of larger conventions which catered to broader American fandom.
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